Entries for the 'Activity' Category

This week's podcast features one of our own - Huffines Institute Affiliate Dr. Heather Vellers joins us for a discussion on groundbreaking research taking place right now on mitochondria and how their genome affects our health! Really cool stuff! LISTEN NOW!

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Today is the first videoand audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion. Up today in our series is Dr. Larry Kenney, the Marie Underhill Noll Chair in Human Performance at Penn State University. Dr. Kenney's talk is called "Climate Change, Aging, and Human Health" and covers the physiological issues we will all face with the onset of Climate Change. LISTEN or WATCH NOW!

Most believe that sport, particularly organized sport, is a generally good and positive activity that leads to positive outcomes - but why? How can we maximize the positive outcomes that sport has with the greatest regularity? Join us with Dr. Marlene Dixon, as we take on these questions and more in this week's podcast! LISTEN NOW

Joining us this week is Dr. Jeff Potteiger, a Professor in the Department of Movement Studies and the Dean of the Graduate School at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. Dr. Potteiger discusses his research, and how some of the world's premier athletes' transition out of their sport is often accompanied by health issues. A really interesting talk! LISTEN NOW

This week's Podcast Friday represents our 200th! To thank you for your continuous support, Dr. Lightfoot is joined by Producer Kenneth McIntyre to take you behind the scenes of the Podcast and to meet some of the people that make the Huffines Institute successful! To that end, this podcast also features Texas A&M Coaching Academy Director Dr. John Thornton, plus current and former Huffines staffers Ayland Letsinger, Alexis Appelquist, Carlos Guevara, and Sheril Marek.LISTEN NOW!

This week's podcast features an unlikely partnership - Texas A&M's College of Architecture and School of Public Health are combining with the Department of Health and Kinesiology to produce cutting-edge research on physical activity in communities! Drs. Chanam Lee and Marcia Ory join us for an interesting discussion on health, location, and the environment as they discuss the NIH supported "Active Living Austin" project. LISTEN NOW!

Today is the eighth videoand audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion. Up today in our series is Dr. Claude Bouchard, The John W. Barton Sr. Endowed Chair in Genetics and Nutrition in the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, LA. Dr. Bouchard’s talk is called "Less Sitting or More Exercise or More Fitness?”and discusses the various benefits and drawbacks of approaching health in different ways. LISTEN or WATCH NOW!

Today is the seventh videoand audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion. Up today in our series is Dr. Mindy Millard-Stafford, from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Millard-Stafford's talk is called "(When) Will Women Outperform Men In Sport: Socio-biological Perspectives" and discusses the debate on whether or not women will overcome physiological barriers to performance.LISTENor WATCH NOW!

Today is the sixth videoand audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion. Up today in our series is Mr. Kevin Spencer, Internationally acclaimed Illusionist and Researcher. Mr. Spencer's talk is called "Powerful Medicine: Simply Magic!" and is a great talk about new approaches to physical rehabilitation using simple tools that seem to be magic. LISTEN or WATCH NOW!

Today is the fourth videoand audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion. Up today in our series is Dr. Anthony Hackney, Professor at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill in Exercise & Sport Science and the Department of Nutrition. Dr. Hackney's talk is called "Exercise: Too Much of a Good Thing?" and is an examination of how excessive exercise affects the reproduction systems of humans. LISTEN or WATCH NOW!